Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:35:53 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: "James A. Coulter" <jacoulter@jacoulter.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Found This In /usr - @LongLink Message-ID: <bbc00e1733f1732ce09829bd1ec440c2@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <4227C30B.6030303@jacoulter.net> References: <4227C30B.6030303@jacoulter.net>
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On Mar 3, 2005, at 8:08 PM, James A. Coulter wrote: > I found this in /usr on two FBSD 4.11 boxen: > > > ---------- 1 root wheel 105 Dec 31 1969 @LongLink > > One box is my firewall/router/gateway attached to a cable modem and > the other is behind the firewall. > > The 1969 timestamp and lack of file attributes is making the small > hair on the back of my neck standup. > > Is this normal? If so, what the heck is it? > > Or have I been rooted? > > Thanks! > > Jim > > -- > James A. Coulter > jacoulter@jacoulter.net > http://jacoulter.net James, I'm not trying to be rude, but a 30 second search through Google results for @LongLink turned up the following entry (on the first results page): Quote from http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/discuss/2002/10/msg00352.html: >I learned that @LongLink is a GNU tar's way to handle long path >names. Apparently GNU tar now has to be used to untar some packages. >I'd like to suggest that the configuration script check and make sure >it gets the GNU tar, the same way it makes sure it gets Perl 5-005 or >higher. > >Now that I've installed the GNU tar on my system, what files do I >need to modify to invoke it, not the vendor tar, in order to continue >building for the information services. I'd rather not to start over >if I could help it. > >-- >Wendy Lin >------------- >IT Research Computing Services >af5@taiyang.cc.purdue.edu >http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu/~af5/ _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson
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